[[quoteright:306:[[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7582720_4794.jpg]]]][[caption-width-right:306: It's not just for puppies.]]

->'''Hobbes:''' I still don't think giving your mom "Bambi eyes" is going to get you a flamethrower.\\'''Calvin:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Maybe I should sniffle a little too, huh?]]\\-- ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''

Be they [[TheCutie cute]] [[{{Moe}} little girls]], or [[DirtyOldMan perverted old men]], if they want to play on your sympathy, they'll [[OpenTheIris turn eyes huge]] and shining with unshed tears upon you.

Generally, the younger the character doing it is, the more effective.

Often a forerunner to OcularGushers. TaremeEyes enhances the effect. Surprisingly, plays very well with a CatSmile. Occasionally, the "victim" will respond with something along the lines of "Don't try that trick on me, I invented that trick".----!!Example subpages

[[folder:Comic Books]]* ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'', in a meta-panel, begs the reader NOT to look at her bare butt in the next story.** But it's the only time in six volumes we get to see it!* It's said that the reason why Peter Parker/''SpiderMan'' [[ChickMagnet attracts so many women]] is because he has big [[BrownEyes brown]] puppy dog eyes.* The art style in the "Childhood's End" arc of ''[[ComicBook/XMen New X-Men]]'' tends to give ''all'' of the kids these, but ComicBook/{{X 23}} particularly stands out. ''Especially'' when she comes to join them in the "Danger Cave" while the others are blowing off steam cosplaying old X-Men missions, as seen [[http://vmf251-buccaneers.net/Stuff/X23PuppyDog.png here]].[[/folder]]

[[folder:Commercials]]* In an old [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpkutoQGmks commercial]] for Kellogg's Corn Pops a teen has to resort to this because there's nothing else he can use against grandma to get the last bowl of cereal.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]* A curiously literal version is performed by Kalix in ''LonelyWerewolfGirl'' when she transforms fully into her wolf form to look cute for Moonglow at one point.* In ''[[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Last Olympian]]'' Annabeth does "her big pleading gray eyes thing" on Hermes to get him to give her her mother's message.* In ''Literature/MaximumRide'', Fang lets Angel keep Total when she gives him "the bambi eyes."* Jacky Faber, heroine of the ''BloodyJack'' series calls this technique "the big eyes" and employs it to subvert the DoubleStandard in her favor.* In ''Literature/ElisList'' Eli gives this look to Iria to persuade her to take her up Mt. Corcovado.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]* Music/ThePillows released a song titled "Tokyo Bambi" that seems to imply this trope. Roughly translated, a line from the second verse is "Whatcha smiling about with those Bambi eyes?"[[/folder]]

[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]* Parodied in ''CalvinAndHobbes'', where one strip shows Calvin practicing "Bambi eyes" in preparation for asking his mother if he can have a flamethrower.* In ''Adam@Home'', [[http://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2012/08/21 Katie practices doing this]] in the hope of getting a puppy dog, aptly enough, and later she [[http://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2012/08/25 actually uses it on her father, to his dismay]]. Then Adam's wife demonstrates that [[http://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2012/08/27 she can do it as well!]]* ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}''** In the strip for [[http://muttscomics.com/strip.aspx?m=02&d=12&y=13 February 12th 2013]], Earl and Mooch use this technique on a butcher.** In the [[http://muttscomics.com/strip.aspx?m=03&d=12&y=13 March 12th 2013 strip]], Earl tries to use this tactic on his owner as part of his "When are we going to play?" face.** In the strip for [[http://muttscomics.com/strip.aspx?m=05&d=11&y=13 May 11th 2013]] a dog in the pound does this to the reader.* In the [[http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2013/08/04#mutable_982041 August 4th 2013]] ''{{Garfield}}'' comic, Garfield does this to Liz for a snack...and she does it right back at him. Garfield's response? He gives HIS food to her and tells Jon "She's good."[[/folder]]